Know and Be Able To (KBAT)
Ch. 1: THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY
KNOW
Key 1:
longitude
possibilism
scale
Mercator projection
Key 3:
cartography
Robinson projection
hearth
projection
Greenwich Mean Time
Density
GIS
International Date Line
space-time compression
remote sensing
time zones
diffusion
GPS
Cultural landscape
contagious diffusion
Key 2:
Regional studies
relocation diffusion
Location
formal region
expansion diffusion
toponym
functional region
hierarchical diffusion
site
vernacular region
stimulus diffusion
situation
spatial analysis
distance-decay
Prime Meridian
culture
distribution
equator
cultural ecology
latitude
environmental determinism
BE ABLE TO
 define geography and human geography and explain the meaning of the spatial perspective.
 explain how geographers classify each of the following and provide examples of each:
a) distributions
b) locations
c) regions
 identify how each of the following plays a role in mapmaking:
a) induction
c) simplification
b) symbolization
d) categorization
 identify types of scale and projections used in mapmaking - identify advantages and disadvantages of
different projections.
 list different types (models) of diffusion and provided examples/illustrations of each in the real world.
 distinguish between different types of mapped information (dot distribution, choropleth, etc.) and
provide explanations of strengths and weaknesses of each.
 define and discuss cultural ecology, possibilism, and environmental determinism.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
1. Rubenstein, Chapter 1
2. Rubenstein, Appendix, pp. 502-50
CASE STUDIES
1) Netherlands video notes
2) Silly Bandz article